Thanks! Yes, that’s right.
‘Lean’ is small team, 12 month budget.
‘Growth’ is growing the team, 12 month budget.
‘Optimal growth’ is just ‘growth’, but 18 month budget.
I’m now wondering if we should use different names...
“Growth + more runway”? (plus a brief discussion of why you think adding +6 months runway would increase impact). Optimal could imply a better rate of growth, when the difference seems to be more stability.
Anyway, just donated—although the odds of me moving away from GiveWell-style projects for my object-level giving is relatively modest, I think it’s really important to have a good range of effective options for donors with various interests and philosophical positions.
Thanks! Yes, that’s right. ‘Lean’ is small team, 12 month budget. ‘Growth’ is growing the team, 12 month budget. ‘Optimal growth’ is just ‘growth’, but 18 month budget.
I’m now wondering if we should use different names...
The first two are good.
“Growth + more runway”? (plus a brief discussion of why you think adding +6 months runway would increase impact). Optimal could imply a better rate of growth, when the difference seems to be more stability.
Anyway, just donated—although the odds of me moving away from GiveWell-style projects for my object-level giving is relatively modest, I think it’s really important to have a good range of effective options for donors with various interests and philosophical positions.